4 ms·
Patiently waiting for the article titled “Resident powers neighborhood with a mini reactor”. Subtitle “Earns 200k per month feeding back into the grid.” F it
by spacebacon 3y ago
Patiently waiting for the article titled “Resident powers neighborhood with a mini reactor”.
Subtitle “Earns 200k per month feeding back into the grid.”
F it might as well write it at this point.
In a small suburban neighborhood where the grass was always greener on the other side, one resident took "keeping up with the Joneses" to a whole new level. Meet Harold Grimsby, a man with a vision—or rather, a nuclear one. Tired of paying exorbitant electricity bills and wanting to make a statement, Harold decided to power his entire home with a mini nuclear reactor.
Neighbors initially scoffed at Harold's eccentricity, but their laughter turned to envy when they learned of his genius plan. With the surplus energy produced by his reactor, Harold began feeding back into the grid, raking in a whopping $200k per month. Suddenly, the once ridiculed Harold became the neighborhood's golden boy, the envy of all who dared to glance at their sky-high utility bills.
As Harold basked in his newfound glory, the rest of the neighborhood scrambled to keep up. Some attempted to harness wind power with comically oversized turbines, while others invested in solar panels that cluttered their roofs like patchwork quilts. But none could quite match Harold's ingenuity—or his bank account.
With every flick of a switch, Harold chuckled to himself, knowing that not only was he lighting up his home, but he was also powering his neighbors' envy. And as the sun set on the suburban landscape, Harold Grimsby, the neighborhood's nuclear pioneer, remained the undisputed king of watts and volts.
- spacebacon 3y agoUpdate, Harold decided to stick with his diesel generator and live happily ever after.
- ufocia 3y agoDon't you mean David Hahn? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hahn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hahn
- spacebacon 3y agoNo, this is a story about Harold Grimsby.
- ufocia 3y agoThere are 10 types of people in this world, those who have a sense of humor and those who don't.
- spacebacon 3y agoHarold prefers his humor and his reactor dry.
- ufocia 3y agoNow we're talking.
- doctor_eval 3y agoYou only need one bit to represent that.
- throwawayqqq11 3y agoIm just curious, how does Nuclear Harold handle the waste? Or where does he get the fuel and for how long? With those details, your story becomes much more realistic, especially for those in here for the $. The illusion of profitable nuclear power is harmful for the debate. Thankfully you introduced it as fiction.
- jmopp 3y agoSince we're in the realm of fiction, Harold is a Helion employee and has first dibs on their container-sized fusion reactor.
- p1mrx 3y ago> how does Nuclear Harold handle the waste? Neighbor's backyard. > where does he get the fuel and for how long? From the Libyans, until they find him.
- foxyv 3y agoMost SMRs are built kind of like giant AA batteries. You use them for 60 or so years and then swap them out, sending the old ones back to be re-processed in an off site location specialized for it. What makes this utter fiction, would be getting approval from the various government agencies to transport the reactor to his home. Also getting a rail spur into his back yard. Then getting approval to turn it on. In addition, it would be the equivalent of transporting a fully fueled Falcon 9 to your house... Small is relative! Then the transport out would be even worse because nuclear waste is even more regulated.
- Log_out_ 3y agoThen social unrest came. Spare parts became rare parts. And one morning Harold's unblowable reactor, blew up, ending the neighborhood. We know from digs and the elephants foot, we're Harold last rested for good.
- jtolmar 3y agoWhy would a nuclear reactor blow up? There's nothing explosive in them.
- Log_out_ 3y agoHydrogen generated by hydrolised cooling water, ignited by irradiated zirkonuium giving off sparks. But this is technical details of the interior reactor failing, distracting from the exterior reactor "society failing. If you proposed the catholic church running the reactor, that would have been a better gotcha..
- spacebacon 3y agoHarold cools with helium.
- Log_out_ 3y agoAgain depending on a complex supply chain?
- __loam 3y agoSpacebacon you have to keep taking the medicine every day for it to work right.
- spacebacon 3y agoThanks doc. Noted.
- AtlasBarfed 3y agoSolar panels are cheaper than mr fusion